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And you see it in this and that. but you never talk about the real people who are actually living peacefully inside the country, you know? because eventually, in the future of the world, we and americans have a very special place in this middle east. you cannot play a game without considering iran as a friend. >> anthony: one of farrokh's many passions is ancient persia, culinary history in particular, and he's writing a book on the subject. >> anthony: how do you pronounce the specialty here, dizi? >> farrokh: what they serve is called dizi. which, actually, is the name of the pot. >> anthony...

I feel deeply conflicted, deeply confusing, exhilarating, heartbreaking, beautiful place. >> yeah, exactly. ♪ >> hey, american cars are crazy. >> american cars are crazy and they're fun. >> yeah. >> all i can tell you is the iran i've seen on tv and read about in the papers, it's a much bigger picture. let's put it this way. it's complicated.

>> local crew: let us cross the -- ♪ ♪ >> jason: we are in the northernmost spit of land in tehran. up here, in darband, uh, the road stops and it gets really steep. a place for iranians to escape the heat, escape the pollution, and have a kebab and a shisha, and just kind of unwind. as print journalists, our job's difficult but it's also kind of easy 'cause there's so much to write about. you know? it's, it, the difficult part is convincing people on the other side of the world that, that what we're telling you, we're seeing in front of our eyes, is actually there.

♪ the real people who are actually living peacefully inside the this is a mixture of sugar and country. you know? >> this is the first time that and eventually in the future of we have experienced such thing. the world, we and americans have a very special place in this, giving oneself over to the creative urge to stand and sing out to no one in particular. maybe, but not okay apparently you cannot play a game without considering iran as a friend. >> stay away from the glass. ♪ ♪ >> one of his passions is to film. ancient persia, culinary >> please come this way. history, and he is writi...

The highly influential culture personal beliefs. that you just generally don't approve. >> yeah. >> i think those are exactly the sort of places you should go. >> totally. that goes back thousands of years. >> see who we're talking about but the ruling clerical and and where we're talking about military class are at best here. ambivalent, at worst actively hostile to much of that >> i think it's almost tradition. severe religious-based restrictions of speech, dress, behavior were ushered in by the un-american not to go to those places, you know? rise of the ayatollah during the 1979 islamic re...